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The TPY-2 is a Raytheon-Produced BMD Radar

The TPY-2 is a Raytheon-Produced BMD Radar

Source: Missile Defense Agency


RAYTHEON WINS $642M CONTRACT TO TEST BMD SYSTEMS ON MULTIPLE RADAR PLATFORMS
Friday, January 12, 2018
The TPY-2 is a Raytheon-Produced BMD Radar

The TPY-2 is a Raytheon-Produced BMD Radar

Source: Missile Defense Agency


HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems of Woburn, Mass., an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HQ0147-18-D-0003) with cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-award-fee line items with a stated maximum value of $641,758,000. Under this contract, Raytheon will perform Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) test related activities for multiple radar platforms that includes planning, executing, and analyzing sensor performance in BMDS flight tests and ground tests for each test event defined in the BMDS integrated master test plan. This award is the result of a competitively awarded acquisition in which two offers were received. The ordering period is from January 12, 2018, through January 11, 2023, with a one year option period provided in the contract.

The radar test contract effort also includes sensors modeling and simulation activities to include Open Systems Architecture Sensor Model (OSM) and Open Systems Architecture Signal Injector (OSI) development and maintenance, integration of OSI with hardware-in-the-loop radar representation, integration of OSI and OSM with the simulation framework, verification and validation support, and stakeholder/event support. The contract work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala. and Colorado Springs, Colo.

Fiscal Year 2017 and 2018 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation funds of $3.5 million are obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity.

Source: U.S. Department of Defense
 

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